1、天津外国语大学2009年硕士研究生人学考试试题英语语言文学专业文学部分(70分)I.Fill in the blanks or choose the answer that best completes the statement:(25 points)1.Beowulf,the oldest great long poem ever written in English,is composed in a form ofA.epicsB.lyricsC.folk songsD.sagas2.Geoffrey Chaucer planned originally to have each of
2、the pilgrims tellstories on the wayto Canterbury and the same number of stories on the way back in his famous The Canterbury Tales.A.1B.2C.3D.43.Christopher Marlow was born only two months before William Shakespeare.In his life time hewrote some famous tragedies such as Tamburlain,The Jew of Malta a
3、nd Dr.Faustus.All thesetragedies portray a hero who passionately pursuesA.moneyB.powerC.territoryD.women4.The poetry of John Donne represents a sharp break from the poetry of his predecessors in theElizabethian era.One of the outstanding features in his poetry is conceitwhich meansA.ironyB.satireC.e
4、laborated metaphorD.contrast5.In addition to Paradise Lost,John Miltons another famous poem Lycidas is ain whichhe uses some artificial imagery supplied by an idyllic shepherds existence to bewail the loss of afriend.A.pastoral elegy B.odesC.cantosD.ballads6.Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele are
5、 famous English essayists.They developed a new type ofEnglish writing,periodic essays.They often publish their writings in a journal which is calledA.The Guardian B.The AtlanticC.New YorkerD.The Spectator7.The central character J.Alfred Prufrock in T.S.Eliots famous poem The Love Song of J.AlfredPru
6、frock isA.an old manB.a godlike figureC.a restless young manD.a muse8.E.M.Forster is a novelist but also a novel critic.His famous book on novel criticism is entitledA.Politics and the English LanguageB.Aspects of the NovelC.The Rise of the NovelD.A Room of Ones Own9.Harold Pinter is a contemporary
7、British dramatist.His plays are characterized by the followingEXCEPTA.pauses and silence in dialoguesB.mysterious motivation of charactersC.spacious confinementD.happy ending001大英语大英语10.Which of the following words does not describe the features of Irvings writings?大英语A.DecorumB.HumorC.MusicalityD.I
8、magination11.Which of the following works by Henry James does not deal with the international theme?A.Daisy MillerB.The Turn of the ScrewC.The Portrait of a LadyD.The Ambassadorsa大英12.Which of the following pairs of characters does not form a contrast of ideas between them?A.Natty Bumpoo and Judge T
9、empleB.Ichabod Crane and Brom BonesC.Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway英语SparkD.Ishmael and Ahab13.Which of the following pairs concerning the writer and the main setting in his/her works is incorrect?A.Kate Chopin-Louisana英语B.Willa Cather-Georgia大英语C.0.Henry-New YorkD.Sherwood Anderson-Ohio14.Of the four
10、 Compson Children,life embodies all the vices of the modemwrdA.QuentinB.CaddyC.JasonD.Benjy15.I am cruel only to be kind to you.The rhetorical device used in this statement is英语A.metonymyB.metaphorC.oxymoronD.allusion16.Each literary movement can be seen as a strong reaction to the previous aestheti
11、c principles.Romanticism in the history of English literature can be presented as a strong reaction to大英语17.With the narrative technique of stream of consciousness,modern novelists aim at revealing。of characters.18.W.B.Yeats can be regarded as an Irish nationalist poet.All his life is engaged in the
12、rejuvenation of the Irish culture.He organized the RhymersClub and launched19.The literary school ofcan be defined as having such quality of texture and backgroundthat it could not have been written in any other place or by anyone else than a native.20.Standing on the bare ground,my head bathed by t
13、he blithe air and uplifted into infinite space,allmean egotism vanishes.I become a;I am nothing,I see all;the currents of theUniversal Being circulate through me;I am part or particle of God.大英语21.In,a novel about American Civil War,the protagonist keeps asking himself thequestion,Will I run from a
14、battle?and at last he does run away from the battle field.22.In the 1950s,there was a widespread discontentment among the postwar generation,whose voicewas one of protest against all the mainstream culture that America had come to represent.Thisgeneration was known as the generation.23the second boo
15、k of The Old Testament,tells how Moses leads the Israelites out ofEgypt to the Promised Land.24.Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,I heard a Negro大英语play.The figure of speech used in the first line of the poem is25.Forbidden public transportation,chased by debt
16、 and filthy talking sheets,they followedsecondary routes,scanned the horizon for signs and counted heavily on each other.The historicevent referred to in the quotation is002大英语ark人英语大英语英语英语SparkII.Answer of the following essay questions:(45 points)浮大英语1.Two types of novels were prominent in the late
17、 eighteenth Century.One is the gothic noveland英语the other is novel of purpose.Write a passage to illustrate the major characteristics of gothicnovels and take Wuthering Heights as an example to illustrate your points2.George Bernard Shaws plays aim at social reforms.He holds that the theatre has a d
18、idacticfunction.Please write a passage to tell us what morals Shaw wants to teach us in his well-knownplay Pygmalion.3In what way is Emily Grierson a monument of tradition?火英自语参考答案及精解大英语英语I.Fill in the blanks or choose the answer that best completes the statement:(25 points)1.A。Beowulf贝尔武夫)是英雄史诗。2.B
19、。乔叟打算在坎特伯雷故事集里叙述120个故事，即在去和回来的路上每人各讲两个故事3.B。Christopher Marlow作品中的人物都热衷于追求权力。4.C。玄学派诗人善于使用的修辞是conceit,即别出心裁的比喻。大英语5.A。Lycidas(利西达斯)是约翰弥尔顿的一首诗(1638年)。诗的题目源自维吉尔的田园诗中一个牧羊人的名字。利西达斯是一首田园挽歌，是弥尔顿为纪念一年前在爱尔兰海的一次海难中不幸去世的剑桥同窗爱德华国王而作。同时弥尔顿这首诗还抨击了腐败的僧侣阶层。英语6.D。Joseph Addison和Richard Steele两位文学家主办的报纸叫The Spectato
20、r(旁观者)。7.C。艾略特的J.Alfred Prufrock的情歌中的主角是一个生活漫无目的的年轻人。8.B。Aspects of the Novel是E.M.Forster关于小说理论的著作。9.D。Harold Pinter创作的戏剧多数使用对话中断来刻画神秘的人物性格，但是很少有喜剧结尾。10.A。华盛顿欧文的作品以幽默、风趣、优美动听和富于想象而著称，而不是使用decorum(礼貌用语)。1l.B。The Turn of the Screte(螺丝在拧紧)是Henry James关于鬼神的悬疑小说，其他三部都是关于国际主题的。12.C。选项A中Natty Bumpoo和Judge
21、Temple都是皮袜子故事集中的人物，Natty Bumpoo崇尚自由，而Judge Temple强调法治，因此两人是矛盾的；选项B中的Ichabod Crane和Brom Bones都是小说睡谷的传说中的人物，两人是情敌，并且Ichabod Crane是教师，而Brom Bones是村夫，因此是对立的；选项D中的Ishmael和Ahab是小说莫比迪克中的人物，两人性格和做法完全不同，英语Ishmael是理性的，而Ahab则是疯狂的复仇者，因此也形成对比关系。而选项C中Jay Gatsby和Nick Carraway是小说了不起的盖茨比中的人物，Jay Gatsby是主人公，而Nick在小说中
22、是叙述者，彼此没有关系，为本题答案。13.C。选项A、B和D中的作家都是地方色彩的作家，而O.Hery则不是。14.C。这四个人物是福克纳的小说The Sound and Fury(喧嚣与骚动)中的人物，其中Jason是最邪恶的。15.C。cruel和kind在句子中形成矛盾，所以这种修辞被称为矛盾修辞法。l6.Neoclassicism。浪漫主义之前是新古典主义，推崇理性，而浪漫主义则反对理性。17.psychic being。意识流展现的是人物的内心世界。英语*18.Irish Literary Theatre。W.B.叶芝(18651939)，爱尔兰作家，被认为是20世纪最伟大的诗人之一
23、。他是都柏林爱尔兰国家剧院公司的创始人，为爱尔兰文艺复兴做出了重要贡献。他创作了许多短剧，包括The Countess Cathleen(凯瑟琳女伯爵)。他的诗作成集出版，如The Winding Stair(回旋楼梯)。他获得了1923年诺贝尔文学奖。19.Local Colorism。以某个特定的地方为创作背景的小说流派就是“地方色彩流派”，代表人物是马克吐温。003大英语大英语人英语大英语20.transparent eye-.ball。这段话是选自爱默生的On Nature(论自然)。2l.The Red Badge of Courage。The Red Badge of Courag
24、e(红色的英勇勋章)是Stephen Crane的作品英语其中的主人公Henry Flemming在战争中临阵脱逃。*22.Bat。“垮掉的一代”是第二次世界大战后在美国出现的一个文学流派。他们对战后美国社会的现实不满，又迫于麦卡锡主义的反动政治高压，便以“脱俗”方式来表示抗议。他们奇装异服，蔑视传统观念，厌弃学业和工作，长期浪迹于底层社会，形成了独特的社会圈子和处世哲学。50年代初，他们的反叛情绪表现为一股“地下文学”潮流，向保守文化的统治发动冲击。多数垮掉派文人来自东部。代表人物有杰克凯鲁亚克、艾伦金斯堡、威廉巴罗斯、格雷戈里23.Exodus。圣经的I旧约的第二部是Exodus(出埃及记
25、)，讲述的是摩西领导以色列人逃出埃及的故事。24.personification。这几句选自Langston Hughes的The Weary Blues(忧郁的蓝调)，译文是“低沉的切分语音符闷声闷气，柔美的低吟摇来摆去，我听见黑人演唱。”很明显采用的修辞是拟人。25.slavery around the Civil War.。这段话选自Tony Morrison的代表作Beloved(宠儿)，这是描述黑人Pul的处境，即“黑人不准乘坐公共交通工具，被人追债，被肮脏的三K党追杀(3K党都穿着白床单)，大英语他们只得选择其他的路线，四处寻找机会，大家只能相依为命。”英语II.Answer th
26、e following essay questions:(45 points)1.Two types of novels were prominent in the late eighteen century.One is the gothic noveland theother is novel of purpose.Write a passage to illustrate the major characteristics of gothic novels andtake Wuthering Heights as an example to illustrate your points.
27、参考答案The Gothic novel is a literary genre,in which the prominent features are mystery,doom,decay,old ghost-buildings,madness,hereditary curses and so on.大英语The setting is a prominent feature in Gothic novel.In this way,Wuthering Heights follows the conventions ofGothic Literature.In the novel,Wutheri
28、ng Heights is described as a morbid place.Wutheringbeing theoperative word,is used to show the great winds that pass through this area.Also,the actual structure of the housewas built,strong:the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall,and the corners defended with large juttingstones.Thus,the archi
29、tectural structure of the house has a gothic nature.Heathcliff,the main male protagonist in the novel,shows aspects of the Byronic hero,a figure that hasbecome familiar to fans of Gothic.His past is shrouded in mystery;his parentage is never discovered,and thereader knows only that old Mr.Earnshaw f
30、ound him wandering the streets of Liverpool as a young boy.His lack ofsurname stresses the mystery of his background,and even as he grows older he maintains this air of secrecy.Forexample,when he returns to Wuthering Heights he becomes a wealthy man after a long absence and no one is ever英语able to s
31、ay where he made his money.When Heathcliff grows older he is nothing more than a villain.For example,he takes advantage of Isabella;he locks young Catherine up in Wuthering Heights forcing her to marry her cousin,while her father lies dying at Thrushcross Grange.His only motive is revenge.英Mysteriou
32、s and ghostly atmosphere does pervade the novel.Not only does Lockwood experience Catherines ghostlypresence via his dream,but he also makes other references to spiritual creatures-at the end of the novel,the house is tobe shut up for the use of such ghosts as choose to inhabit it,and despite the po
33、sitive nature of the union between youngCathy and Hareton,the novel ends on a more sombre note with a visit to the graves of Catherine,Heathcliff and Edgar:Ilingered round them.and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.英语*2.George Bernard Shaws
34、plays aim at social reforms.He holds that the theatre has a didactic function.Please write a passage to tell us what morals Shaw wants to teach us in his well-known playPygmalion.参考答案英语The first moral Shaw wanted to teach is that we cant judge a person by his appearance.We usually judge a004大英语大英语英语
35、大英语person according to what he wears,how he speaks and behaves.This is challenged in the play which examines thetheme of appearance and identity primarily through the character of Liza.It is the same girl who was seen as a英语worthless flower-girl at the beginning and a noble lady at last.Lizas abilit
36、y to fool society about her realidentityraises questions about appearances and reality.This theme is suggested by Lizas famous words:You see,reallyand truly,apart from the things anyone can pick up the dressing and the proper way of speaking,and so on),thedifference between a lady and a flower girl
37、is not how she behaves,but how shes treated.The second moral is the class awareness.The social hierarchy is an unavoidable reality in Britain.Shawincludes members of all social classes from the lowest Liza)to the servant class Mrs.Pearce)to the middleclass(Doolittle after his inheritance)to the gent
38、eel poor(the Eynsford Hills)to the upper class(Pickering andthe Higginses).The general sense is that class structures are rigid and should not be tampered with,so the语example of Lizas class mobility is most shocking.The issue of language is tied up in class quite closely;the factthat Higgins is able
39、 to identify where people were born by their accents is telling.British class and identity are verymuch tied up in their land and their birthplace,so it becomes hard to be socially mobile if your accent marks you英语as coming from a certain location.The last moral in the play is that beauty doesnt lie
40、 in appearance.In Pygmalion,Shaw interrogates beauty asa subjective value.Ones perception of beauty in another person is shown to be a highly complex matter,dependenton a large number of not always aesthetic)factors.Liza,it could be argued,is the same person from thebeginning of the play to the end,
41、but while she is virtually invisible to Freddy as a Cockney-speaking flower girl,he is totally captivated by what he perceives as her beauty and grace when she is presented to him as a lady ofsociety.3.In what way is Emily Grierson a monument of tradition?参考答案英语大英语In Faulkners short story A Rose for
42、 Emily,the protagonist Miss Emily is a static character who denies normalparticipation in the life of the community because she represents a traditional aristocracy of a higher social classthan most people.She refuses to believe that the times are changing and refused to adjust herself to the newsoc
43、iety.This situation,created by her heredity,is accentuated by the community,which denies Miss Emily anormal life by regarding her as their symbol of the past.As a Mississippi Southern Belle,she was born and raised in a wonderful state.She is considered amonumentof southern manners and an ideal of pa
44、st values.Miss Emily is considered as a tradition,a duty,and a care.People in the town prefer that she remains intact within her old house,an idol,dear,inescapableimpervious,tranquil,and perverse.She has become part of the history of the town.Her southern heritage andpoints of view are represented t
45、hrough her actions.Her stubbornness and unrelenting attitude are very strong英语characteristics of the southern heritage,so Emily symbolizes the old southern tradition;her death symbolizes thecollapse of the old southern tradition.英英语SpaK?大英语SparkSpaK大英语SpaK大英语SpaK?大英语SpaK大英语大英语SpaK平大英语大英语SpaK?大英语英语005